Product Manager

Company:

We are a company on a mission to breathe life back into the buyer’s journey and help people fall back in love with the brands that make them thrive.​

Company culture:

At PriceSpider, we help brands from around the world make the shopping experience more human. And what is more human than shopping for our necessities and luxuries. The beauty of commerce is opening ourselves up to something new. 

At PriceSpider we’re always looking for the best talent, to serve the best brands on the planet, no matter where you hail from, what background you have, or how you identify, you have a home at PriceSpider. No extra legs needed...talent required. 

When you choose to work at PriceSpider — just like the brands, retailers, and shoppers we serve — we all stand together as one. 350 employees working from four countries serving brands across the globe toward one inclusive goal.

Job description:

The Product Manager is responsible for managing the health and growth of PriceSpider products. The Product Manager works cross-functionally to guide products from conception to launch, ensuring they are valuable, usable, and feasible. Acting as the voice of the products, the Product Manager engages with industry and customers to drive product success.

What will you be doing:

1. Product Discovery + Metrics Definition

• Continuous product discovery (3-5 customer calls per week) to understand customer needs and serve as the Voice of the Customer (VOC).
• Work extensively with designers and validate assumptions with customers.
• Conduct market and competitive analysis to support product development efforts.
• Work side-by-side with business unit personnel to ensure seamless process integration for marketing, sales, and support operations and to balance the market, business, technical and customer needs to ensure product viability. 

2. Define User Stories 

• Generate and refine detailed user stories from customer needs and solution requirements that guide prototype development.   
• Work side-by-side with engineering and product designers to develop and test prototypes with target customers to establish Minimum Valuable Products (MVP) that are both feasible and valuable.
• Maintain the functional quality of the work being delivered by setting and evaluating expectations and acceptance criteria and communicate priorities based on well-defined and measured business cases.   

3. User Acceptance Testing

• Conduct user acceptance testing to ensure delivered product meets acceptance criteria and matches prototypes.  
• Identify and work with customers to beta test new features before full release to make sure customers’ needs were met.  

4. Roadmap & Backlog Grooming

• Establish, refine, and communicate through the business and to customers a shared understanding of the vision and roadmap planning for your product; ensure the prioritized backlog aligns with the roadmap plan.   
• Maintain a prioritized product backlog to ensure the maximum value of delivery, to enable realistic forecasting, alignment with the roadmap, proper communication, and expectation-management   
• Communicate with Marketing and Sales teams to ensure the business is informed of the direction and status of the roadmap   
• Establish goals and manage to your product scorecards – communicate progress across internal and external stakeholder groups   
• Develop a deep understanding of the business drivers of your products – profitability, pricing, services mix, sales channels, etc.   
• Continuously monitor where your products are in their lifecycle and work holistically across the business to manage lifecycle events (end of life, new product launch, etc.)   

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree and 4-6 years of product or related experience, MBA or Masters degree (preferred)
• Experience in analyzing market and competitors for new opportunities.
• Ability to interpret data insights and track key analytics.
• Familiarity with enterprise-class customers and products helpful.
• Familiarity with Pragmatic Marketing, Scrum, or other Agile practices is highly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence.
• Proven ability to drive results independently across teams.
• Strong interest in understanding new technologies and systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation skills, and effective meeting management.
• Experience representing customer voice through personas, requirements, and product specs.
• Exceptional ability to achieve results through influence and collaboration.
• Familiarity with AdTech, Retail Media, Programmatic Advertising is highly preferred.

Benefits:

PriceSpider encourages a healthy work-life balance and commitment to employee wellbeing. We are consistently evaluating areas to support and foster a community of engaged employees. PriceSpider is an international employer so some benefits offering will vary from country to country, however, below you can see employer sponsored contributions:

• Flexible work-from-home arrangements
• Pension scheme
• 25 vacation days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Work from home reimbursement
• Professional development programs
• Wellness programs 

PriceSpider is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity.